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Friendly Crew but Ship is showing its age

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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Cruise4476
10+ Cruises • Age 70s

We book based upon itinerary, but have taken four long cruises on Princess. For this cruise we had Club Class D503. Platinum Membership. Pros: a. Crew members were very friendly and helpful. They brought a lot of enjoyment to our cruise. b. The Club Class dinning is very good to excellent, well worth it. c. Many of the excursions we took were well done: bike & wine tour, bike & ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Mini-Suite with Balcony


Enjoyable yet rocky cruise

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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Bevtop
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We just completed a very enjoyable cruise to New Zealand on the Ruby Princess. It was our first time cruising on Princess although have cruised many times with other companies. The ship was recently refurbished and everything was in good working order and nicely presented. Everything was spotlessly clean and neat. We were upgraded to a suite which was a fantastic experience with all the added ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Penthouse Suite with Balcony

Traveled with children


Not worth the $$$

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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halvacations
10+ Cruises • Age 60s

This cruise was on our bucket list and we have been looking forward to it for a long time. We got on the cruise ship with no problems. When we went up to the Lido deck the windows had not been cleaned from previous cruise. This was a 2 week cruise and they never cleaned them. By the end of the cruise, it was very hard to see out of them while you ate. The food was very disappointing. Not a lot of ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Very disappointed overall.

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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VikiRich1989
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

Australia/NZ have been on our bucket list forever. After much discussion, we decided that a cruise would be the least stressful way to go, if indeed we were going to do it. We have been on several Princess cruises in the past and the idea of unpacking once and being able to sleep in the same bed for two weeks appealed to us. Our past cruises with Princess have been mostly positive and we signed ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Aukland to Sydney outrunning a storm

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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Cadodge
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

The itinerary was exactly what we wanted. Both islands for New Zealand and Hobart Tasmania (our favorite), Melbourne and Sydney for Australia. Unfortunately, a storm and heavy seas caused us to miss Akaora and Fiordlands and gave us a number of days of rough seas and cold days. Not the fault of Princess and the decision of the captain was understandable and appreciated . Safety first. The crew ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Clean ship, decent food, nice serving staff

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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avaflavv
First Time Cruiser • Age 30s

We chose this cruise line because of our travel agent and the 8 different ports available. embarkation went smoothly, however the disembarkation was so crazy. there wasn't enough room or order for all passengers to be in the same place at the same time. our cabin was nice, we reserved a balcony room and it was worth it. might upgrade to the next room though if we were to cruise again, the shower ...
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Sail Date: December 2019


Not up to Expectations

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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susclarsen2
6-10 Cruises • Age 70s

We chose this cruise as an celebration of my birthday. The Ruby did not meet our expectations at all. The staff was not at all customer oriented and for the most parr were just going through the motions. The buffet was subpar. The Vines lounge was excellent and a great offering. The staff in this lounge made our cruise. Overall This was by far the worst cruise we have taken and we have taken 7, ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Boring on board

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Ruby Princess

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Usuallyeasytoplease
First Time Cruiser • Age 40s

Chose this cruise purely to sail through the Fjords of New Zeland and set up 1TB of memory on a brand new phone at huge expense to record it all.. We took a new $400 massager for pre existing ailments which got confiscated at embarkment. All meals are extremely sub par,tasteless and repetitive...hope you like pork..Bacon is always hard ..ALWAYS..The meals you pay for in the total price are ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Cabin Type: Balcony


Very disappointing

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Explorer Dream

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SydCruiser2
2-5 Cruises • Age 50s

While there are definitely good aspects to Explorer Dream, these are unfortunately outweighed by the indifferent or bad aspects. The good aspects are: - Great headline entertainment in the main theatre - Friendly and energetic staff - Spacious on-board health centre, including hair salon The bad aspects: - Onboard 18 per cent service fee for food and beverages came as a shock to ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Traveled with children


Nothing Dreamy to see here!

Review for a Australia & New Zealand Cruise on Explorer Dream

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aedgar65
6-10 Cruises • Age 50s

We chose this cruise as a great opportunity to spend time with family and see NZ from the seas. It seemed like a great idea and that's what it remained - a great idea. The reality was awful and I would never take a cruise with this line again. I have cruised before on other lines and the Dream line is so sub par and average that I left the ship feeling relieved to be off it - not the anticipated ...
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Sail Date: December 2019

Traveled with children


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